About the role#
The Rutgers School of Health Professions is hiring a Graduate Assistant to join the Methodology and Statistics Support Team within the Dean’s Office of Research. You will work alongside the Senior Methodologist to collect, clean, and manage research datasets, as well as communicate analysis results. This is a part-time position requiring 15 hours of work per week.
What you'll do#
- Collect and clean data for various disease-specific projects.
- Assist the project team in drafting reports and manuscripts.
- Perform assigned data extraction tasks from research reports.
- Provide quality assurance for data extraction within an online platform.
- Handle other research-related duties as needed.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a Master's program at Rutgers University in a field such as Statistics, Data Science, Public Health, Sociology, Psychology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or Biomedical Sciences.
- A Bachelor's degree in a data analysis or health-related field.
- Knowledge of study design and risk of bias assessment.
- Ability to identify and extract quantitative data from academic manuscripts.
- Experience with an online evidence synthesis platform.
- A history of participating in at least one faculty research or scholarship project.
- Familiarity with R or Stata and basic statistical procedures is helpful, though training is available.
- Experience creating, cleaning, and managing data repositories is preferred.
Location & details#
- Location: Newark, New Jersey.
- Modality: Hybrid work arrangement available, subject to approval.
- Employment type: Part-time, temporary hourly appointment.
About Rutgers University
Rutgers University is a public research university based in New Jersey. It operates across three primary locations in New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark. The institution focuses on education, healthcare, and research initiatives. It employs over 18,000 people and serves as a large academic organization in the New York and New Jersey region.
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